baugur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse baugr (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”), from *beuganą (“to bend”). Compare Old English bēah (“ring”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpøyːɣʏr/
- Rhymes: -øyːɣʏr
Noun
baugur m (genitive singular baugs, nominative plural baugar)
- ring
- armlet (of gold or silver) worn on the wrist
- (archaic) money
- the painted circle on a round shield
Usage notes
- Before minted gold and silver came into use in olden times, such rings (armlets) were used as a medium of payment. Hence baugur means "money".
Declension
declension of baugur
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | baugur | baugurinn | baugar | baugarnir |
| accusative | baug | bauginn | bauga | baugana |
| dative | baugi | bauginum | baugum | baugunum |
| genitive | baugs | baugsins | bauga | bauganna |
Derived terms
- baugeiður
- baugshelgur
- baugþak
- baugþiggjandi
- eiga kost á baugi/eiga á baugi (to have a (single) chance left)
- ef sá væri á baugi (if there were no other chance)
- þú munt eiga slíkan á baugi brátt (thou wilt soon have the very same chance)
- geislabaugur